People magazine’s Annual ‘Sexiest Man’ Issue with newly-crowned Channing Tatum on the cover hits stores today. While readers will see some familiar faces for runner-ups (Last year’s winner Bradley Cooper, Denzel Washington, Ben Affleck) there aren’t a lot of surprises.

We decided to give you our own runner-up list. It’s cool, you can thank us later. — Desire Thompson

1. Kid Cudi

The talented rapper/singer was seen at the GQ Man of the Year party looking very dapper. Cudi is also dropping his third album Indicud early 2013.